INSIDER: RFK and the Role of Witchdoctor in American Statist Religion

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But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries (Acts 8:9-11). Simon the Sorcerer is called Simon the Witchdoctor in some translations of the Bible. It’s probably too liberal a translation, although not far from the intended concept. As Benson’s commentary says,...